Well now everything is rosyAnd the money's so well spentThis kind of educationIs worth every centWhen your momma pays the tuitionAnd your daddy pays the rentYou could learn a lot in collegeAlthough you never wentNow you ain't that funnyAnd you ain't that smartBut you become a model studentWhen you step up to the barThey're drinking their life awayAt the paradise caféTalking with nothing to sayAt the paradise caféDaddy's money spends real goodAnd he's spent a lot todayAt the paradise caféThe neon pink flamingoShines down on one and allLights up the drunken schoolgirlAs she bounces of the wallTo the slurred shouts of college boysWho'll soon be at the wheelIt's an awful lot to deal withJust to get a decent mealNow you ain't that funnyAnd you ain't that smartBut you become a model studentWhen you step up to the barThey're drinking their life awayAt the paradise caféTalking with nothing to sayAt the paradise caféDaddy's money spends real goodAnd he's spent a lot todayAt the paradise café